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The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (Apeda) has advised all exporters of processed and frozen vegetables and fruits to strictly comply with the requirements as informed by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority.
Kerala’s fruits and vegetable exporters said that the decision will not impact as the State focuses only on exports of fresh fruits and vegetables and not on frozen ones.
Even the shipments of frozen products from here are nominal compared to the 150 tonnes sent on a daily basis to Gulf countries from all the three airports in the State, PE Ashraf Ali of Pomona Exports, Kozhikode, told BusinessLine.
SFDA said the source of frozen vegetables and fruits should be the farms that are monitored by the control authority and there should be a certificate (Global Gap) from a globally recognised authority.
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